Business Administration - MBA

The John L. Grove College of Business Master in Business Administration degree program offers high quality and outstanding value. Our AACSB-accredited MBA program is designed to help you to succeed in a rapidly changing global economy. Our graduate students find the Ship MBA reputable, affordable, and convenient.

Ship delivers its MBA degree program in two convenient formats in addition to MBA full-time (taking evening and/or online
courses):

Ship MBA-Professional: A part-time, evening hybrid format designed for working professionals and offered at multiple sites including Harrisburg, Shippensburg, York and East Stroudsburg.

Ship MBA-Online: A convenient, 100 percent online format that can be completed in two years.

The Ship MBA requires ten courses (30 credits) consisting of eight required core courses (3 credits each) and two elective courses (3 credits each). The requirements are the same in each of the three delivery formats. The required courses are

Take the GMAT and achieve a score of 450 or higher if applicant has less than five years of mid-level experience, including management experience, or for whom additional evaluation is needed.GMAT may be waived for Beta Gamma Sigma members. Verification is required; send scanned documentation to gradadmiss@ship.edu.

Applicants will be evaluated on grade point average, course content, work experience, job level, leadership ability, team skills, suitability of goals, and whether they graduated from an AACSB-accredited college. Applicants who have completed coursework in accounting, economics, finance, organizational behavior, marketing, and operations management may begin taking MBA core courses immediately. Applicants lacking coursework in one or more of these areas will need to take appropriate prerequisite MBA foundations courses before proceeding to core courses.